Open the Timecapsule

The Archivist's Corner features both researched articles and collections of antiquated folklore accounts, folktale renditions, and other findings. ​Click the article title or the "Read More" link under the preview to see the full article.

Cultural memory is a very powerful thing. Even when countless attempts have been made to subdue our ancestral heritage, indigenous and native folkways continuously resurface from our collective unconscious. Many elements from our European pagan past still appear in our popular media today; such as wizards and witches and their accoutrements of mystical power. However, when we look to folklore recorded a century or more earlier, we find that there are some things that have slipped between the cracks. Springwort is one of them. What is this magical plant? Let's find out.